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Under portraits of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz adorning the United Center where the Democratic National Convention is taking place, Uncommitted Movement co-lead Abbas Alawieh announces the DNC rejected their request to have a Palestinian speaker address the convention, on August 21, 2024. (Photo: Prem Thakker, @prem_thakker)

Voters have continually been told that Democrats want an end to the bloodshed and feel bad about dead Palestinians, but on Wednesday the Uncommitted National Movement was told they wouldn’t be granted a speaking slot at the convention.

Displaced Palestinian children are walking in front of their makeshift tents at a camp during a heatwave in Al-Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, on June 27, 2024. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images)

This week the official death toll in Gaza from Israel’s brutal war reached 40,000. The…

Office of Governor Tim Walz (Flickr)

Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for November. Walz was chosen over Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, who had been criticized for his attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters.